Brax Baby Contest!

So my cousin Callie is an amazing photographer and she's doing this contest for cutest baby! I entered Brax so go vote for him if you want!..Just go on facebook to Callie Mae Photography and find Braxtyn's picture and "like" it! Thanks all! oh Brax's Aunt Kara made him this cute beanie and I absolutely love him in it, thanks so much for making it for him girl!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

So Tammy and Seth came down and helped us ring in the New Year! We always love when they come down to hang out with us! We went to Ninja for an early dinner so we would beat any crowds! Then came back home and watched a good show and played some games, watched some fireworks off our patio, and ate lots of yummy snacks! They introduced us to creme brulee! It was So tasty and fun to melt the sugar on top...except I really did think we were going to burn our house down, but we didn't and I am so grateful! Thanks again for coming down you guys! Marcus and I are really excited about the new year and the new fun things that Braxtyn will learn!!! This year may be the funnest yet!

oh so precious! I love watching Braxtyn while he sleeps and that's ok because I'm his mom:) Love how he always puts his hands up by his head or else they are straight out like he's flying.

*CHRISTMAS 2011*

Love this picture of his face! Braxtyn does such funny things with his lips!

I think he looks so SWEET in this picture

Braxtyn playing with his new toys!!!

Brax practicing his walking skills

Carson and Corbin playing on the phones! It's so funny how kids find these so amusing! My brother Josh thought this would be a funny pic!

We played lots of games over the weekend once the kiddos went to sleep:)

I love this pic!..and my sisters new hair cut! So cute on you Shay girl!!!

Corbin and his favorite toy>...Josh's Iphone!
Little Allysa
Marika "Mary" and Brax "Jesus"! The kids did great acting out the nativity! ha it only lasted about 3 min but it was still so sweet!
Braxtyn in his elf PJ's
Boston and his "silly" face
Josh, Ty, and Scotty! Just opening presents
Katelyn and her sweet boy Carson!
Christmas was so great this year and I cannot believe it will be 2012 soon!...that will be fun to get use to writing, I mean gees I was barely getting use to writing 2011, oh well!
We were able to head up to Cedar Hills on Wednesday afternoon and were up there till this morning and now we are in Leamington. It really is nice being able to visit both sides of the family on holidays, we are so lucky! My brother Josh and his family traveled from Virginia and it was so fun to be able to spend time with them-it's been WAY to long. The weekend consisted of a successful Hill Christmas party, family pictures, visiting the Living Planet Aquarium, admiring the lights at Temple Square, giving & receiving gifts, and of course eating lots of yummy food and holiday treats!...Speaking of receiving gifts, Marcus surprised me with a new camera which I cannot wait to learn more about and hopefully get good at using! I want to get a nice program to put on my computer so if any of you have suggestions they are welcome:)
Braxtyn is doing great and just growing like crazy every single day! He is VERY close to rolling over but I think his chub is making it a little bit difficult! He is loving his toys more and more lately! He is 17 weeks tomorrow! Our pediatrician is going to talk to us about using cereals at his next appt. on the 10th of January...That should be a fun experience! He laughs now and loves to talk, and his mom and dad are his FAVORITE:) We love our little boy so much!

Photo shoot!

Awhile back my friend Taylor took our pics again and I absolutely love them! Thanks so much Tay! (Brax was really tired when we took the pictures so we didn't get any smiles but he was a trooper and blew lots of bubbles for the camera...something that Brax does Best!) Love my boy!

Polar Express & Midwestern

(My Beautiful mother and Brax!)
So these next pictures are of our little trip up to Heber City, UT to take a ride on the Polar Express! Betty had the idea and got everyone tickets and it was really a fun experience! Especially the kids all loved it! We found Braxtyn these cute little elf PJ's at Target and I think they are just so adorable! Thanks again Betty for putting this all together!

Brax and Marco

The whole crew!!!

Me and my Boy!

Braxtyn was sleeping when Santa came onto the train and we pretty much just threw him in Santa's arms for a picture ha I think he was a little surprised! But he didn't cry or anything ha

So Marcus got an interview down in Arizona at Midwestern University, so we decided to take a road trip! I was mostly worried about Braxtyn and how he would do in the car but he was AWESOME he just pretty much slept the whole way, there were a few times when he needed me to get back and play with him but I won't complain about that:) We had so much fun on our first little road trip/vacation with the 3 of us!

I gave Brax tubs in the hotel sink and, yes he loved it!

a lil fun with the camera and braxtyn's sweet chubby face!....

We made him a chair with all the pillows! He looks so comfy I think!
...The interview went well and Marcus is on an alternate list for midwestern, but just received another interview invitation at Western in California! He is finishing up finals this week and has 1 semester left at SUU! Yay!